Jewish Telegraphic Agency

‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ author to write horror film based on the Golem of Prague

The upcoming film will be an adaptation of the golem of Prague, where a young woman is terrorized by “a creature with a mysterious past.” (JTA) — The Jewish author of best-selling children’s book ...
Hyperallergic

From a 16th-Century Book to a Robot-Assisted Performance, Artists Explore the Legend of the Golem

Miloslav Dvořak, “Le Golem et Rabbi Loew près de Prague” (1951), oil on canvas, 244 x 202 cm (Prague, Židovske Muzeum © Jaroslav Horejc) (all images courtesy ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Lesson Of The Golem: When Self-Defense Turns Into Extreme Violence

There was a time, wrote the Yiddish author I.L. Peretz, a terrible time, when the ghetto of Prague was under assault. For the Jews had received word that their women were about to be raped, their ...
Publishers Weekly

The Golem and the Wondrous Deeds of the Maharal of Prague

In this first English translation of Rosenberg's ""groundbreaking collection of stories,"" novelist, translator and scholar Leviant brings the Hebrew work to a wide audience. Published in 1909, the ...
The Forward

‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ author to write horror film based on the Golem of Prague

(JTA) — The Jewish author of best-selling children’s book series “A Series of Unfortunate Events” has been tapped to write a horror film based on the legend of the Golem of Prague. Daniel Handler, ...